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Alarm system trouble reported at william penn schoolChicago IL

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S Avers Ave, Chicago, IL 60623

According to the dispatch call, an alarm system at William Penn School had a problem and could not be reset. Emergency crews responded and checked the building but found no issues or people inside.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Fire - Digital
Listen to dispatch call
02:8
Transcript:
00:00
William Penn School is going to be on 911[1].
00:03
They're having trouble with the system and unable to reset the box.
00:10
Your best receipt.
00:14
So for me.
00:20
We have a call back, you have somebody to buzz us in here and let us know what's going on.
00:26
Sir, standby.
00:32
29, the time 9.
00:35
99.
00:37
99.
00:38
99.
00:39
Yeah,
00:42
it was all armed a 5813 Whipple.
00:45
5813 North Whipple.
00:47
So.
00:50
5813 North Whipple for still.
00:56
49 truck 33 on the scene in the gas leak 4624 South Honorary Basis and Northbound.
01:03
We're checking it out.
01:06
The 49 in the truck on scene.
01:15
71, 1915, 13, North Whipple.
01:19
Two-story ordinary,
01:21
nothing showing off this, so we're going to be Northbound, taking command, switching over to fire ground.
01:27
All right, 71, northbound not show.
01:34
38, truck 40-minute service.
01:36
Unable to reset.
01:38
9-1-1, until further, I post.
01:41
All right, 38.
01:47
Do you ever get a call back on this?
01:51
I try to call back a couple times.
01:53
No one said I was picking up at all.
01:54
There's, you can't inside the building, right?
01:57
We guys get into the first floor, didn't find nothing down here, check the three above us, and didn't find anything or anybody either.
02:05
Yeah, no one was to pick up the phone.
02:07
That's all we got.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
911: 911 hang-up / disconnect

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Location mentioned:
S Avers Ave, Chicago, IL 60623

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